Question 1: Which element is called ‘Mother Nature’?
(A) Physical Environment
(B) Cultural Environment
(C) Political Environment
(D) Industrial Environment
Answer: (A) Physical Environment
Question 2: Which element is not a part of the cultural
environment?
(A) Villages
(B) Towns
(C) Ports
(D) Climate
Answer: (D) Climate
Question 3: Who proposed the concept of Neodeterminism?
(A) Griffith Taylor
(B) Blache
(C) Huntington
(D) Ritter
Answer: (A) Griffith Taylor
Question 4: Which approach was supported by Vidal de la
Blache?
(A) Determinism
(B) Possibilism
(C) Humanism
(D) Welfare approach
Answer: (B) Possibilism
Question 5: Which geographer out of the following belongs
to France?
(A) Huntigton
(B) Vidal de la Blache
(C) Semple
(D) Trewartha
Answer: (B) Vidal de la Blache
Question 6: Which one of the following is not an approach in
human geography?
(A) Areal differentiation
(B) Spatial organisation
(C) Quantitative revolution
(D) Exploration and description.
Answer: (D) Exploration and description.
Question 7: Which one of the following is not a source of
geographical information?
(A) traveller’s accounts
(B) old maps
(C) samples of rock materials from the moon
(D) ancient epics.
Answer: (D) Ancient epics.
Question 8: Which one of the following is not a fact?
(A) Human population increased more than ten times during the
past 500 years
(B) Nearly 80 million people are added to the world population each
year
(C) It took 100 years for the population to rise from five billion to six
billion
(D) Population growth is high in the first stage of demographic
transition.
Answer: (C) It took 100 years for the population to rise from five
billion to six billion.
Question 9: Which one of the following is not an area of the
sparse population?
(A) The Atacama
(B) Equatorial Region
(C) South-East Asia
(D) Polar Regions.
Answer: (C) South-East Asia
Question 10: The ten most populated countries have a world
population:
(A) 50%
(B) 60%
(C) 70%
(D) 80%
Answer: (B) 60%
Question 11: Which is the most populated country?
(A) China
(B) India
(C) Russia
(D) Germany
Answer: (A) China
Question 12: Which continent has the highest growth rate of
the population?
(A) Asia
(B) Africa
(C) Europe
(D) Australia
Answer: (B) Africa
Question 13: What is the average density of the world
population? (per sq. km.)
(A) 31
(B) 35
(C) 38
(D) 54
Answer: (D) 54
Question 14: What is the present growth rate of population
in the world?
(A) 1.0%
(B) 1.2%
(C) 1.4%
(D) 1.6%
Answer: (B) 1.2%
Question 15: Which one of the following countries has the
highest sex ratio in the world?
(A) Latvia
(B) Japan
(C) the United Arab Emirates
(D) France.
Answer: (A) Latvia
Question 16: Which one of the following has caused the sex
ratio of the United Arab Emirates to below.
(A) Selective migration of working population
(B) High birth rate of males
(C) Low birth rate of females
(D) High out-migration of females.
Answer: (D) High out-migration of females
Question 17: Expanding population Pyranrd Shows.
(A) Wide Base
(B) Narrow Base
(C) Developed economy
(D) Uniform width
Answer: (A) Wide Base
Question 18: In which continent, low sex ratio is found:
(A) Europe
(B) Asia
(C) North America
(D) Australia
Answer: (B) Asia
Question 19: In how many countries, unfavorable sex ratio is
found?
(A) 52
(B) 62
(C) 72
(D) 82
Answer: (C) 72
Question 20: The lowest sex ratio is found in:
(A) Egypt
(B) Qatar
(C) Kuwait
(D) Iran
Answer: (B) Qatar
Question 21: Which attribute does not distinguish people?
(A) Age
(B) Sex
(C) Occupation
(D) Industries
Answer: (D) Industries
Question 22: Which one of the following scholars introduced
the concept of Human Development?
(A) Prof. Amartya Sen
(B) Ellen C. Sein pie
(C) Dr. Mahabub-Ul-Haq
(D) Ratzel.
Answer: (C) Dr. Mahabub-Ul-Haq
Question 23: Which country ranks first in the world in
Human Development Index?
(A) Canada
(B) Norway
(C) Iceland
(D) Australia
Answer: (B) Norway
Question 24: What is the score of the high development
index?
(A) Above 0.6
(B) Above 0.7
(C) Above 0.8
(D) Above 0.9
Answer: (C) Above 0.8
Question 25: How many countries have a high level of
human development?
(A) 37
(B) 47
(C) 47
(D) 67
Answer: (C) 47
Question 26: Which is not a key area of human
development?
(A) Access to Resources
(B) Good health
(C) Education
(D) Industrial development
Answer: (D) Industrial development
Question 27: Which is not a part of the Human development
of people?
(A) Opportunities
(B) Freedom
(C) Health
(D) Number of people
Answer: (D) Number of people
Question 28: Development means
(A) Qualitative change
(B) Negative change
(C) Increase in quality
(D) Simple change
Answer: (A) Qualitative change
Question 29: Denmark is known for:
(A) Mixed farming
(B) Cattle rearing
(C) Dairy farming
(D) Grain farming
Answer: (C) Dairy farming
Question 30: Which of the tribes practice Transhumance?
(A) Pygmies
(B) Red Indians
(C) Bakarwals
(D) Masai
Answer: (C) Bakarwals
Question 31: Which is the oldest activity of man?
(A) Fishing
(B) Gathering
(C) Farming
(D) Manufacturing
Answer: (B) Gathering
Question 32: Which one type of agriculture amongst the
following is also called ‘slash and bum agriculture’?
(A) Extensive subsistence agriculture
(B) Primitive subsistence agriculture
(C) Extensive commercial grain cultivation
(D) Mixed farming
Answer: (B) Primitive subsistence agriculture
Question 33: In which one of the following regions is
extensive commercial grain cultivation not practised?
(A) American Canadian prairies
(B) European Steppes
(C) Pampas of Argentina
(D) Amazon Basin.
Answer: (D) Amazon Basin.
Question 34: Growing of flowers is called:
(A) Truck farming
(B) Factory farming
(C) Mixed farming
(D) Floriculture
Answer: (D) Floriculture
Question 35: Which one of the following is not a plantation
crop?
(A) Coffee
(B) Sugarcane
(C) Wheat
(D) Rubber
Answer: (C) Wheat
Question 36: Which center is known as Rust Bowl of USA?
(A) Pittsburg
(B) Chicago
(C) Gary
(D) Buffalo
Answer: (A) Pittsburg
Question 37: Ruhr is an industrial region of:
(A) England
(B) Germany
(C) France
(D) USA
Answer: (B) Germany
Question 38: Which industry is located near raw materials?
(A) Dairy
(B) Cotton textiles
(C) Handicrafts
(D) Aircraft
Answer: (A) Dairy
Question 39: Which one of the following pairs is correctly
matched?
(A) Automobile industry Los Angeles
(B) Shipbuilding Industry Lusaka
(C) Aircraft Industry Florence
(D) Iron and Steel industry Pittsburg
Answer: (D) Iron and Steel Industry Pittsburg
Question 40: In which one of the following types of economy
are the factors of production owned individually?
(A) Capitalist
(B) Mixed
(C) Socialist
(D) None
Answer: (A) Capitalist
Question 41: Which one pair of the following places is linked
by Channel Tunnel?
(A) London – Berlin
(B) Paris – London
(C) Berlin – Paris
(D) Barcelona – Berlin
Answer: (B) Paris – London
Question 42: The Big Trunk Route runs through:
(A) The Mediterranean-Indian ocean
(B) The North Atlantic Ocean
(C) The South Atlantic Ocean
(D) The North Pacific Ocean
Answer: (B) The North Atlantic Ocean
Question 43: The Trans-Continental Stuart Highway runs
between:
(A) Darwin and Melbourne
(B) Edmonton and Anchorage
(C) Vancouver and St. John’s City
(D) Chengdu and Lhasa.
Answer: (A) Darwin and Melbourne.
Question 44: Which is the longest railway in the world?
(A) Union Pacific
(B) Canadian National
(C) Trans Siberian
(D) Trans Andean
Answer: (C) Trans Siberian
Question 45: When was the Suez canal constructed?
(A) 1849
(B) 1859
(C) 1869
(D) 1879
Answer: (C) 1869
Question 46: What is the width of a standard gauge railway?
(A) 1.5 m
(B) 1.44 m
(C) 1 m
(D) O.75 m
Answer: (C) 1 m
Question 47: When was the first public railway line opened?
(A) 1815
(B) 1825
(C) 1830
(D) 1835
Answer: (B) 1825
Question 48: Which mode provides door to door service?
(A) Rail
(B) Road
(C) Airways
(D) Pipelines
Answer: (B) Road
Question 49: How many million towns are there in the world?
(A) 300
(B) 350
(C) 400
(D) 438
Answer: (D) 438
Question 50: How much percent is the urban population in
the world?
(A) 38%
(B) 42%
(C) 48%
(D) 58%
Answer: (C) 48%
Question 51: How many megacities are there in the world in
2013?
(A) 15
(B) 20
(C) 22
(D) 24
Answer: (D) 24
Question 52: Which is the largest town in Asia?
(A) Shanghai
(B) Mumbai
(C) Tokyo
(D) Karachi
Answer: (C) Tokyo
Question 53: London is a city of this type:
(A) Trade
(B) Port city
(C) Religious city
(D) Industrial city
Answer: (B) Port city
Question 54: Which one of the following types of economic
activities dominates in all rural settlements?
(A) Primary
(B) Tertiary
(C) Secondary
(D) Quaternary
Answer: (A) Primary
Question 55: Sufficiency of which type of resources can help
to create adequate social infrastructure catering to the
needs of the large population in the developing countries?
(A) Financial
(B) Human
(C) Natural
(D) Social
Answer: (A) Financial
Question 56: Silk route was between:
(A) China and Rome
(B) China and India
(Q Japan and Sri Lanka
(D) Africa and China
Answer: (A) China and Rome
Question 57: GATT was formed in:
(A) 1904
(B) 1924
(C) 1954
(D) 1994
Answer: (D) 1994
Question 58: In which trading block is Iceland?
(A) EU
(B) E.F.T.A.
(C) NAFTA
(D) OPEC
Answer: (B) E.F.T.A.
Question 59: Which is a river port?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Kochi
(C) Kolkata
(D) Karachi
Answer: (C) Kolkata
Question 60: Most of the world’s great ports are classified
as:
(A) Naval Ports
(B) Oil Ports
(C) Comprehensive Ports
(D) Industrial Ports
Answer: (C) Comprehensive Ports
